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UPC CFI 103/2025
Apr 29, 2025·EP2437696 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POSITION
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Patent revoked)ActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Claimants
- Respironics Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGOperating co.
- Koninklijke Philips N.V.Operating co.
- Philips RS North America LLCOperating co.
Representatives- Michael Adrianus Josephus Ras-Philips International B.V.
- Hendrik Pastink-Philips International B.V.
- Arie Jan Willem Tol-Philips International B.V.
- Ceren Okat-Philips International B.V.
- Roeland Grijpink-Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Respondents- Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc.Operating co.
Representatives- Wim Maas-Taylor Wessing
- Faziel Abdul-Taylor Wessing
- Naomi Kannekens
- Division
- The Hague LD
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringAudio-visual technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Mar 3, 2026
- EPO Opposition
- isarpatent - Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Behnisch Barth Charles Hassa Peckmann und Partner mbBWithdrawn2019-12-30
- Philips International B.V.Admissible2020-01-03
How this compares
The court's record for this kind of case, counted in first-instance rulings. A figure in brackets is the number of rulings a rate rests on.
| Patent revoked | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 37% (34/91) | 124 |
| The Hague LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Edger Brinkman | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Margot Kokke | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Johansson | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Stefanie Philipps | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Philips Group (46 cases)·Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (5 cases)
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Decisions
- 2026-03-03Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: The Hague Local Division revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring's EP 2 437 696 B2 (position therapy device for sleep disorders) as lacking inventive step over JP748 prior art. The counterclaim for revocation by Philips succeeded and the infringement action was dismissed.
Show the legal issues (5)
- Revocation
- Inventive step
- Position therapy device
- Sleep disorders
- Counterclaim for revocation
Documents
Show all 157 documents| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2026-03-03 | Not public |
| Decision | 2026-03-03 | Not public |
| Decision | 2026-03-03 | Public |
| Oral procedure opened | 2026-01-12 | Not public |
| Interim procedure closed | 2026-01-12 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2025-12-11 | Not public |
| Further pleadings | 2025-12-11 | Not public |
| Other document Defendant | 2025-12-11 | Not public |
| Other document Defendant | 2025-12-11 | Not public |
| Exhibit document Defendant | 2025-12-11 | Not public |